Table 3

Potencies (ED50 in mg/kg) of competitive NMDA antagonists to prevent convulsant effects of cocaine (75 mg/kg, i.p.) and potencies (TD50 in mg/kg) of these drugs to produce behavioral side effects on the inverted screen test

CompoundED50(95% CL)TD50(95% CL)PI (TD50/ED50)
LY 2359591.38(0.87–2.19)3.19(1.65–6.21)2.31
CGS 197551.53(.505–4.60)6.03(4.07–8.96)3.94
NPC 177421.81(0.77–4.25)4.78(2.56–8.93)2.64
LY 2746143.49(1.65–7.35)5.63(3.17–9.99)1.61
LY 23353610.8(5.17–22.7)76.2(36.6–158)7.04
CPP20.8(8.82–49.1)30.4(19.6–47.1)1.46
NPC 1262634.8(23.3–51.9)33.1(17.8–61.8)0.95

Values were calculated from dose-effect curves in Fig. 4. Data in parentheses are 95% CL.